Leesburg Library happenings

By Sharon Aukeman
Leesburg Branch Library

Many thanks to all our patrons who participated in our summer reading program, Dig into Reading, this year.

We had over 250 participants and hope that all who joined us for the various programs and great books had as much fun as we did!

We want to say a big “thank you” to the following individuals and businesses for their support and donations. They truly were instrumental in making this year’s program so successful: Candle-Lite, Chakeres Theaters, Fifth Third Bank, Frisch’s Restaurant, Hardy Memorials, Heritage Club, Highland Lanes & Alley 21, Becky and Jeff Johnson, Katie’s Home Health, Kay Simmons Insurance, Kings Island, Leesburg Hardware, Leesburg Library RRR Book Club, Leesburg Meat and Market, Mane St. Salon, Phyllis Smith, New Sabina Industries, Saucy Sisters Pizza, Southern Hills Community Bank, Square One, Star Cinema, the Beach Waterpark, and Weller’s Plumbing & Heating.

We also want to thank the following program presenters for their time and talents: Ronald McDonald, Ray Koch, Eric Aukeman, Joanna Flowers, Ray Storer, Keith Aukeman, and our Dig the Adventure Game characters (Joanna Flowers, Drew Hamilton, Matthew Leach, Cassandra Tone and Jennifer West).

We had a fantastic time at all of our programs this year!

We will be hosting a cookie and punch reception for our Underground Art Show on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. in the community room. This event is open to the public so join us and peruse all the art entries that our summer readers submitted for judging.
Join us for our book sale in the community room from Monday, Aug. 5 through Aug. 10. Come and check out the bargains.

There will be no story times for Wee Ones and Tater Tots during the month of August.

Our story times will resume on Thursday, Sept. 12. We hope to see new faces as well as old friends on that date. Please call us for more information regarding our story time program.

Our Knit Together group continues to meet on Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. Please join them regardless of your knitting expertise.

Our adult book discussion group, RRR meets on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 1:30 p.m.

We want to remind all students heading back to school this month that we are here to assist them with all their research and reference needs. Please stop in or call us, or you can visit us online at www.highlandco.org" www.highlandco.org.

We hope you will enjoy the remainder of your summer days with great books from the Leesburg Library. We look forward to seeing you during the month of August.